Name: Mango Avocado and Shrimp Appetizer
Ingredients: 1 ripe mango; 8 ounces frozen fully cooked small shrimp thawed and finely chopped; 1 fully ripened avocado halved pitted peeled and finely diced; ¼ cup finely diced red onion; 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice; ¼ teaspoon hot pepper sauce; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Why it works: Mango and shrimp share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 90 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

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1 ripe mango
8 ounces frozen fully cooked small shrimp thawed and finely chopped
1 fully ripened avocado halved pitted peeled and finely diced
¼ cup finely diced red onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
¼ teaspoon hot pepper sauce
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Also mentioned in the method: tortillas

Directions

Prepare and combine

Peel and slice mango into small cubes.
In a bowl gently combine mango with shrimp, avocado, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, pepper sauce, salt and pepper.

Serve

Serve with tortilla chips or on lettuce leaves.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Mango + shrimptop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together90 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Mango + limetop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together506 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Mango + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together471 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Mango: Adds sweetness and juicy body that balances the lime and hot pepper sauce.
Shrimp: Supplies protein and a firm, meaty texture to the mixture.
Avocado: Adds creamy richness and fat that softens the acidity of the lime.
Red onion: Contributes sharp, pungent flavour and crunch.
Lime juice: Provides acidity that brightens the flavours and keeps the avocado fresh-looking.

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, shrimp, avocado, lime, pepper, sauce):

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Tomatobetter flavor fit
Lettucebetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, shrimp, avocado, lime, pepper, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.